This Guy Spends Hours Searching For The World’s Most Depressing Places, And The Results Are Hilarious (118 Pics)

Damien Rudd is a 33-year-old Australian behind the Instagram account called "Sad topographies" where he collects Google Maps screenshots of the world‘s most depressing sounding places. It all began by accident when Rudd was searching for something and suddenly discovered Mount Hopeless in Australia.

"I typed hopeless into Google Maps to find other places called hopeless, then other synonyms for sadness,” Damien told WERTN magazine. "I screen captured the results and soon had the beginnings of the collection.”

Rudd now has a pretty big collection of world’s most joyless locations and he’s put them all into a book of hand-drawn maps,  together with their fascinating etymologies. When asked about his favorites, Damien replied: "Probably the ones in Antarctica are the most interesting. There is Shapeless Mountain which was named as none of the exploring party could agree on its shape. So shapeless was Shapeless Mountain that when a later expedition attempted to climb it, they scaled the wrong mountain entirely - which they then in turn named Mistake Mountain. There is also a Wrong Peak, which earned its name in under similar circumstances. In 1963 Recoil Glacier was named by a geologist who was said to have "recoiled in disgust" at finding nothing of interest there."

Scroll down to find out where "to go, when you're feeling low," as states Sad topographies Instagram account.

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America

Useless Islands, New Zealand

Why Me Lord Lane, Chester, USA

Divorce Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Road To Misery, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA

Disappointment Lake, California, USA

Nothing, Arizona, USA

All Alone Road, Bradford, UK

Mistake Island, Jonesport, USA

Mount Disappointment, Victoria, Australia

Pain Lane/Suffering Lane, St. George's Island, Bermuda

Dead Woman Pond, Texas, USA

Broken Dreams Drive, Arivaca, Arizona, USA

Shades Of Death Road, New Jersey, USA

Pointless Mountain, Squamish-Lillooet, Canada

Failure Canyon, Samak, Utah, USA

Bucket Of Blood Street, Holbrook, Arizona, USA

Point No Point, Newark, USA

Suicide Bridge, Maryland, USA

Misery Island, Tasmania, Australia

Grandmother's Hole, Goa, India

Shit, Iran

Fail, UK

Road To Nowhere, Iqaluit, Canada

Lonesome Lake, Washington, USA

Murderers Creek, Murders Kill Road, Athen, New York, USA

Grumpy Lane, Lake Echo, Canada

Useless Loop, Western Australia

Terrible Mountain, Vermont, USA

Hell For Certain Road, Hyden Kentucky, USA

Die, France

World's End, Aylesbury, USA

Nasty Pond, Oregon, USA

Lake Of No Return, Osage Township, Ar, USA

Desperation Lake, Alaska, USA

Agony Island, Marshall Islands

Miserable Island, Banner Township, Illinois, USA

Depressed Lake, California, USA

Lonely Island, Ontario, Canada

Hopeless Road, Dandridge, USA

Ugly, West Bangal, India

Kill, Ireland

Suffering Street, Menzel Jemil, Tunisia

Hopeless Way, Bunkerville, Nevada, USA

Despair Island, Maine, USA

Pity Me, Durham, USA

Crying Child Island, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA

Lonelyville, Fire Island, New York, USA

Crack Is Wack Playground, Harlem, New York, USA

Heartache Rd, East Helena, USA

Massacre Island, Subd, Canada

Deception Island, Antartica

What Cheer, Iowa, USA

Murder Island, Argyle, Canada

Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma, USA

Sad Lake, Oregon, USA

Accident, Maryland, USA

Worthless Road, Laytonville, USA

Hearts Desire Ave / Broken Heart St, Las Vegas, USA

Misery, France

Emptyness Drive, Cypress, Texas, USA

Melancholy Waterhole, Sturt, Australia

Abandoned, Hartwick, New York State, USA

Murdering Beach Road, Heyward Point, New Zealand

Sadness Street, Jemil, Tunisia

Dubious Reservoir, Oregon, USA

Miserable Lake, Banner Township, Illinois, USA

Disappointment Road, Barbourville Ky, USA

Desperation Drive / Solitude Way, Shingle Springs, Ca, USA

Poverty Island, Michigan, USA

Haunted Lake, Francestown, New Hampshire, USA

Purgatory Pond, Dunbarton, USA

Labour In Vain Road, Stansted, UK

Camp Suicide Road, Michigan, USA

Dead Dog Island, Killarney, Canada

Sorrow Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Nameless, Tennessee, USA

Little Hope Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Disenchantment Bay, Alaska, USA

Hateful Hill, Vermont, USA

Terror Lake, Alaska

Repulse Bay, Canada

Suicide Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Sad, Slovenia

Pity, Haiti

Lake Torment, Annapolis, Subd, Canada

Crying Lady Rock, Washington, USA

Loveless Lake, Wisconsin, USA

Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco Wa, USA

Fail, Portugal

Devastation Island, British Columbia, Canada

Nowhere Island, Rainy River, Canada

Alone, Brescia Province, Italy

Grief Island, Alaska, USA

Futile Lake, Kenora, Canada

Forlorn Lake, Nipissing, Canada

Doubtful Island, New Zealand

Hopeless Way, Bunkerville, USA

Doubtful Island, New Zealand

Abandoned, Svalbard

Broken Island, Washington, USA

Spiteful Geyser, Wyoming, USA

Point No Point, Hansville, USA

Little Hope, Wisconsin

Dog Slaughter Falls, Kentucky, USA

Starvation Heights, Oregon, USA

Defeated, Tennessee, USA

Blunder Pond, Northeast Piscataquis, Maine, USA

Despair Island, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Dead Woman Creek, Oklahoma, USA

Lost Boys Lane, Riverview, Florida, USA

Death Lake, Cochrane, Canada

Pain Lake, Ontario, Canada

Melancholy Lane, Dorset, USA

Disappointment Lake, Idaho, USA

Solitude Island, Ontario, Canada

Disappointment Cove, New Zealand

Suicide Lake, Wyoming, USA